Glossarial Index
All references are to the Latin text. References to proper names that are alluded to in the text, but not explicitly mentioned, are enclosed in square brackets. Eobanus’s name is omitted when it occurs in the titles and headings of his own works. For a key to the abbreviations, see pp. 804–812 above.
Acheron, a river in the underworld; hence, the underworld
Idyl. 5.121.
Achilles, the greatest Greek hero at Troy
Venus 1.83; Idyl. 4.31; magnus Val. 3.21. See also Aeacides.
Acidalius, a, um, Acidalian; associated with the love goddess Venus
cauma Idyl. 8.66; cuspis Venus 1.126.
Actius, a, um, of Actium, a promontory on the western coast of Greece where Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in a naval battle (31 BCE)
littora Venus 1.147.
[Adamus], Adam, the first man
Idyl. 2.18.
Adonis, a handsome youth beloved by Venus, killed by a boar
Idyl. 6, arg. 1; dives Venus 2.177.
—, a shepherd lad
Idyl. 2.58.
Adriacus, a, um, Adriatic, of the Adriatic Sea
ranae Idyl. 11.146.
Aeacides, the Greek hero Achilles
ferus Idyl. 13.94. See also Achilles.
Aedera or dy Eder, the Eder River, a tributary of the Fulda
Idyl. 1.132m, 133; 5.51m; aurifer Idyl. 5.51; vagus Idyl. 1.132; vitreus Idyl. 6.40.
Aegidius, the former Benedictine monastery of Saint Aegidius (Giles) in Nuremberg, from 1526 home to the city’s evangelical academy
divus Hypocr., t.p.; ded., tit.; sanctus Nurenbergensis Hypocr., tit.
Aegineta. See Paulus Aegineta.
Aegle, a shepherdess
pulchra Idyl. 1.40.
Aemilianus, Emperor Maximilian I (r. 1493–1519)
Venus 3.27.
Aeneades, the descendants of Aeneas; the Romans
Venus 1.114.
Aeneas, the Trojan hero, son of Anchises and Venus, mythical ancestor of the Romans
Venus 1.94, [114; Idyl., 1.ded. 48; 2.ded. 46]; pius Idyl. 13.95.
Aeneides, epics like Vergil’s Aeneid
innumerae Venus 1.248.
Aeous, a, um. See Eous.
Aepolus, a goatherd
Idyl. 9, arg. 1; 9, tit.; 9, passim as speaker; 9.4, 33, 56.
Aesculapius, a healing deity (Asclepius), son of Apollo and Coronis, father of the physicians Podalirius and Machaon
Val. 2.245m; 3, tit. ante 9; [3.9–12]. See also Epidaurius; Paeon.
Aeson, father of the Argonaut Jason, rejuvenated by the sorceress Medea
vetulus Val. 2.141.
Aesonides, the Argonaut Jason, son of Aeson, husband of Medea
Venus 2.100. See also Iason.
Aetna or Aethna, Mount Etna on Sicily
Idyl. 10.98; patria Venus 1.75.
[Agamemnon]. See Atrides.
Agavus, a pastoral name for Johann Crotus Rubianus
Idyl. 12, arg. 2; 12, tit.; 12, passim as speaker; improbus Idyl. 12.12. See also Crotus Rubianus.
Agenorides, a descendant of the Phoenician king Agenor
Venus 1.103 (Cadmus and Perseus); 1 R.106 (Cadmus). See also Perseus.
Agrigentinus, a, um, of Agrigentum in Sicily
Empedocles Val. 3.72.
Aiaces, the two Ajaxes, heroes before Troy
Venus 1.89.
Albis, the Elbe River
placidus Idyl. 17.231.
Alcides, Hercules, a descendant of Alceus
Venus 1.56; quis Idyl. 14.152. See also Hercules.
Alcon, Cretan archer, whose arrows never missed the mark
Gnosius Idyl. 4.32.
Alexander, Alexander the Great (356–323 BCE)
Val. 2.299, 299m; 3.57, [58–60; Eleg. 1.116]; fortis Eleg. 1.117; magnus Venus 1.106.
Alexis, a handsome lad in Vergil’s second eclogue, loved by Corydon
aliquis Idyl., 1.ded. 71; 2.ded. 69.
Alpes, the Alps
Idyl. 11.15.
Alpinus, a, um, of the Alps, Alpine
arces Venus 3.35.
Amalthaeus, a, um, of Amalthea, the goat that suckled the infant Jupiter on Crete, later placed among the stars as Capella
sydus Idyl. 9.86.
Amathusia, Venus, worshiped at Amathus on Cyprus
Venus 1 R.120. See also Venus.
Amor, god of love, Cupid
Idyl. 3.58, 64, [101–105]; 7.62; crudelis Idyl. 10.63; durus Venus 1.200; improbus Idyl. 3.101; incestus Venus 1.240; indomitus Venus 1.1; insanus Idyl. 7.66; sagittifer Idyl. 10.83; tener Venus 1.61. See also Cupido.
Amores, gods of love
Venus 1.[28–36], 230; 1 R.138; Venus 3.11; aligeri Venus 1.27; blandi Venus 2.238; coelivagi Venus 1.255; ridentes Venus 1 R.154; volucres Venus 1 R.2. See also Cupidines.
[Amphion], king of Thebes, husband of Niobe; he built the walls of Thebes by the power of his music
Venus 1.154–155.
Amphitrio, the mother of Hercules by Jupiter
Idyl. 13.95.
Amyntas, a shepherd
Idyl. 7.127; sceleratus Idyl. 9.41; stultus Idyl. 4.35.
Anchises, the father of Aeneas
Venus 1.95; tuus Venus 2.42.
Andinus, a, um, of Andes, a village near Mantua, birthplace of Vergil; hence, Vergilian
versus Idyl., 1.ded. 17; 2.ded. 15; Idyl. 8.1; oves Idyl. (B), lim. 2. See also Virgilianus.
Anglia, England
fera Val. 1.606. See also Britannia.
Anglicus, a, um, English
casei Val. 1.606m.
Anna, Anna of Mecklenburg (1485–1525), the widow of Landgrave William II of Hesse
[Idyl., 2.ded. 89, 92; Idyl. 6.72–85, 115–122]. See also Galatea.
—, Anna Truchseß of Grünsberg, outside of Nuremberg (d. 1573), who married Joachim Camerarius on 7 March 1527
Venus 1 R.190–199]; 2, [passim], 120, 163, 231; blanda Venus 2.185; formosa Venus 2.111.
Antiochus, Antiochus I Soter, Seleucid king of Syria (r. 281–261 BCE), son of Seleucus I Nicator
Val. 2.298; 3.46, [47].
Antonius, the triumvir Mark Antony (143–87 BCE), Cleopatra’s lover
Val. 3.61; Venus 1.146.
Antonius Musa. See Musa, Antonius.
Aon, Boeotian hero; hence, Boeotia, Mount Helicon
Venus 2.51, 285.
Aonides, the Muses
Val. 1.215; Venus 2.[51], 305; 3.11; Idyl. 1.21; 4.69, 73, 81, 89, 97; 14.143; ipsae Eleg. 3.56; puellae Venus 2.45. See also Musa.
Aonius, a, um, Aonian, of Mount Helicon
corona Idyl. 11.61; laurus Idyl. 12.108; nemus Idyl. 2.27; vertex Venus 1 R.138, 155; colles Idyl. 8.15; sorores (Muses) Idyl. 1.55.
Aperbacchus, Petreius, the Erfurt humanist Petrejus Eberbach (ca. 1480–1531/32)
Idyl. 4, arg. 1. See also Tityrus.
Apollineus, a, um, of Apollo
corona Idyl. 12.110.
Apollo, the sun god, patron of the arts and medicine; the sun
Val., 1.ded. 14; Val. 1.[1], 3, 531; 2.371; 3, tit. ante 1; 3.[1–9], 36; app. 2.4; 3.3; Venus 1.4; 1 R.52; [2.114]; Idyl. 1.14, 17, 54; 10.14; 11.111, 179; 13.101; 15.3, 11; aversus Idyl. 8.96; investis Idyl. 14.44; lauriger Eleg. 1.21; Medicus Val. 2.410; 3.101; noster Val. 1.264; praesens Idyl. 5.86; ridens Idyl. 11.59. See also Christus; Phoebus; Pythius.
—, Christ
[Val. 1.1]; maximus Idyl. 2.84.
Aquilo, the north wind
Venus 1.211. See also Boreas.
Arabs, an Arab
Val. 2.261; 3.85.
[Archimedes], the Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse (ca. 287–212 BCE)
Eleg. 1.110.
Arctous, a, um, northern
Danus (Christian III of Denmark) Idyl. 13.58; ora Val. 1.325.
Arethusius, a, um, of the spring Arethusa at Syracuse, Sicily, where Theocritus was born
flumina Idyl., 1.ded. 51; 2.ded. 49.
Argicida, ae, Argus-slaying, Argicide
ensis Venus 2.31.
Argivus, a, um, Greek
iuventus Val. 3.13. See also Graecus.
Argolicus, a, um, Greek
horti Eleg. 1.59. See also Graecus.
Argus, the hundred-eyed giant, killed by Mercury
Venus 2.7–8.
—, a sharp-eyed critic
Eleg. 3.98.
—, a pastoral name for Eobanus Hessus
Idyl. 5, arg. 1; 5, tit.; 5, passim as speaker; 5.6, 84. See also Hessus.
Ariadna, daughter of King Minos and Queen Pasiphae, lover of Theseus
Venus 1.209.
Aries, the Ram, a sign of the zodiac
Val. 1.60.
[Arion], lyre player from Methymna in Lesbos, saved from drowning by a dolphin
Venus 1.152–153.
Aristarchus, the textual critic Aristarchus of Samothrace (ca. 217–145 BCE); hence, an exemplary textual critic
Val., 2.ded. 21.
Aristoteles, the Greek philosopher (384–322 BCE)
Val. 2.253; 2.253m; doctus Venus 1.179.
Arsacides, the Parthians
victi Venus 1.129.
Asclepiades, Greek physician of Prusa in Bythinia (124–60 BCE)
Val. 3, tit. ante 41; [3.41–44]. See also Prusiacus.
Ascraeus, a, um, of Ascra in Boeotia, birthplace of the poet Hesiod
valles Idyl. 12.122.
Asia, Asia Minor
Val. 3.34.
Asotia, Dissipation (personified)
Hypocr. 69.
Assaracus, king of Phrygia, grandfather of Anchises
Venus 1.95.
Athenae, Athens, capital of Attica
Attides Idyl. 16.72; doctae Idyl. 14.72.
Athlantis, idis, daughter of the Titan Atlas
Maia Venus 2.10.
Atrides, King Agamemnon, brother of Menelaus, leader of the Greek army in the Trojan War
Venus 1.84.
Attis, idis, in Attica
Athenae Idyl. 16.72.
Augustus, the emperor Augustus (r. 27 BCE–14 CE)
Val. 3.94; Venus 1.128. See also Caesar.
Augustus, a, um, imperial
numen Venus 3.39.
Aurora, goddess of the dawn; hence, the dawn, the East
Hypocr. B 4.67; Idyl. 12.1; renascens Idyl. 15.20.
Ausonides, the Romans
Idyl., 1.ded. 52. See also Romani.
Ausonius, a, um, of Rome
dux (Nero) Idyl., 2.ded. 50. See also Romanus.
Auster, the rain-bearing south wind; hence, the South
Venus 1.212; humidus Idyl. 10.103.
Avicenna, the Muslim physician-philosopher Ibn Sina (d. 1037)
Val. 3, tit. ante 85; [3.85–88].
Bacchicus, a, um, of the wine god Bacchus
vitis Idyl. 15.69.
Bacchius, Barptholomeus, Barthel Bach, by 1522 the town clerk of Joachimsthal
Eleg., t.p.; 1, tit.; [1, passim]; charissimus Eleg. 1.137; ingenio foelix tuo Eleg. 1.2.
Bacchus, god of wine; hence also, wine
Val. 1.[149–150], 618, [620], 648; 3.5; Idyl. 4.99; alter Val., 2.ded. 5; bis genitus Venus 1.53; immodicus Val. 1.143; oblitus modi Val. 1.148. See also Iacchus.
Baetis. See Betis.
Balthiacum Mare, the Baltic Sea
Idyl. 11.16; [14.80].
Baptista, the Italian poet Baptista Mantuanus (1447–1516), known as the “Christian Vergil”
Idyl. 3, arg. 2; [3.22–35]. See also Faustus.
Bardiacus, a, um, Illyrian
cucullus Idyl. 11.199.
Barptholomeus Bacchius. See Bacchius.
Battus, a pastoral name for Justus Jonas
Idyl. 4, arg. 1, 3; 4, tit.; 4, passim as speaker; 4.3, 58, 63, 116. See also Jonas.
Baumgartnerus, Hieronymus, the Nuremberg patrician and councilor Hieronymus Baumgartner (1498–1565)
Idyl. 16, tit., [passim], 15, 55, 172.
Berenices, women like Queen Berenice II of Egypt (d. 221 BCE)
Venus 1.162.
[Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild], archbishop and prince elector of Mainz from 1484 to 1504
Idyl. 8, arg 1.
Betis, the Guadalquivir River in Spain
olivifer Venus 3.20.
Bilibaldus Pircaimerus. See Pircaimerus.
Bion, Greek bucolic poet, born near Smyrna (ca. 100 BCE)
Idyl. 6, arg. 1.
Blemyae, the Blemmyae, a legendary Ethiopian people
Venus 1 R.53.
Boreas the north wind; hence, the North
Val. 1.72; Idyl. 10.103. See also Aquilo.
Bos, Taurus, a sign of the zodiac
Val. 1.62.
Britannia, Britain
occiduo submota ponto Idyl. 14.79. See also Anglia.
Budaeus, the eminent French scholar Guillaume Budé (1468–1540)
Val. 2.303m.
[Cadmus]. See Agenorides.
Caesar, Caesar Augustus (r. 27 BCE–14 CE)
Idyl. 13.25. See also Augustus.
—, a Holy Roman emperor (Charles V)
Venus 3.24, 30; magnus Venus 3.38. See also Carolus.
Caesar, Iulius, Julius Caesar (100–44 BCE)
Venus 1.[124–125], 126; Idyl. 6, arg. 1.
Calipso, a shepherdess
formosa Idyl. 6.1.
Calliope, the Muse of epic poetry, queen of the Muses
Val. 4, tit. ante 17; 4.17, [18]; Venus 2, tit. ante 101; [Idyl. 12.49–59]. See also Musa.
Callirrhoe, a shepherdess
levis Idyl. 7.69; iam non mea Idyl. 7.137; mea Idyl. 7.61.
Calphurnius, T., the pastoral poet T. Calpurnius Siculus, a contemporary of the emperor Nero
Idyl., [1.ded. 51–52]; 2.ded. [49–50], 49m.
Camaena. See Camoena.
Camerarius Quaestor, Ioachimus or Iochimus, the German humanist Joachim Camerarius of Bamberg (1500–1574)
Val., 1.ded. 16; Eleg. 1.61; Venus, t.p.; Venus 1.2, [3–13], 257, [258–265]; Venus 1 R., tit.; Venus 1 R., [passim], 69, 178, postscr.; Venus 2, tit., [passim], 112, 120, 162, 184, 226, 253, 277, 282; 3, tit., [passim], 4, 49; meus Val., 2.ded. 21.
Camillus, a pastoral name for Eobanus Hessus
Idyl. 1, arg. 1; 1, tit.; 1, passim as speaker; 1.2. See also Hessus.
Camoena or Camaena, a Muse; hence also, verse, poetry
Idyl. 2.19, 36, 46, 61, 78; honorata Idyl., 1.ded. 11; 2.ded. 9; maior Idyl. 13.73; mea Hypocr. B 4.91; Idyl., 1.ded. 57; 2.ded. 55; sterilis Idyl. 1.26; sylvicola Idyl. 1.61; tua Idyl. 5.87; castae Idyl. 10.15; dispares Val. 2.409; divae Idyl. 8.57; faciles Venus 2.101; Idyl. 9.64, 84; meae Idyl. 8.39; non graves Idyl. 3.34; nostrae Idyl. 5.34; 11.39; 16.27; peregrinantes tecum Venus 3.49; suae Venus 1.154; subitae Idyl. 5.83; tristes Idyl. 6.20. See also Musa.
Canace, a shepherdess
Idyl. 10.34, [35–80], 52, 59, 69; formosa Idyl. 10.45; mea Idyl. 10.77.
Caper, Capricorn, a sign of the zodiac
Val. 1.62.
Capys, father of Anchises and grandfather of Aeneas
Venus 1.95.
Carolus, Emperor Charles V (r. 1519–1556)
Venus 3.23, 42. See also Caesar.
Cassellae, Kassel, capital city of Hesse
pulchrae Idyl. 13.8.
Castalius, a, um, Castalian, of the Castalian spring on Mount Parnassus
fontes Venus 1 R.91.
Cato, Cato the Elder, censor in 184 BCE
nimium Romanus Val. 2.347.
—, men of rigid morality, like Cato the Elder and his great-grandson Cato of Utica
tetrici Venus 2.258.
Catullus, the Roman poet C. Valerius Catullus (ca. 84–ca. 54 BCE)
numeris operosus Venus 1.171.
Celenus, the Harpies
dirae Val. 1.377.
Celsus, Cornelius, Roman medical encyclopedist of the first century CE
Val. 3, tit. ante 101, [101–104].
Ceres, goddess of grain crops; hence also, grain, bread
Val. 1.647; 3.1, 5; Venus 1.75; Idyl. 2.42; flava Idyl. 1.84; ipsa Val. 1.648; oleo perfusa Idyl. 2.49.
Chaldaei, the Chaldeans
Val. 2.261.
Charites, the three Graces
Venus 2.17, 124, 182, 308; 3.48; Idyl. 11.181; blandae Venus 2.32; formosae Venus 1.77; omnes Idyl. 1.106. See also Gratia.
Charmis, Greek physician from Massilia (ca. 50 CE)
Val. 3, tit. ante 77; [3.77–80].
Chiron, the centaur Chiron, skilled in medicine
Val. 3, tit. ante 21; [3.21–24]. See also Phyllirides.
Chloris, a shepherdess
formosa Idyl. 10.11; pulcherrima Idyl. 3.72.
[Christianus], Christian III of Denmark (r. 1534–1559)
Idyl. 13.58–59.
Christianus Francobergensis, Ludovichus, Ludwig Christiani of Frankenberg (1480–1553), Eobanus Hessus’s first teacher at Erfurt
Idyl. 1, arg. 1. See also Melisaeus.
Christicola, a Christian
Hypocr. 86.
Christicola, ae, Christian
animi Idyl. 16.123.
Christophorus, a, um, Christ-bearing
Virgo (Mary) Idyl. 4.71.
Christus, Christ, Jesus Christ
Val., app. 2.6; Eleg. 1.114, 122, 133; Hypocr. 64, 79, [87–88], 92; Idyl. 2.15; [4.104]; 17.60, [61–67]; magnus Idyl. 8.86; redux Eleg. 2.1. See also Apollo; Deus.
Chrysippus, Stoic philosopher of Soli (third century BCE), famed for his contributions to logic
Val. 2.255, 255m.
Chunratus Mutianus Rufus. See Mutianus Rufus.
Cicero, the Roman orator and statesman (106–43 BCE)
Val. 1.452; Venus 1.[140–141], 142; disertus Eleg. 1.119.
—, an orator like Cicero
suus (Michael Roting) Eleg. 1.87; clari Idyl. 14.75.
Circe, the sorceress Circe, who turned Ulysses’s companions into swine
[Venus 1.91]; venefica Val. 2.241.
Claudius, Roman emperor (r. 41–54)
Val. 1.190, 539; 3.92; Venus 1.132.
Cleopatra, Egyptian queen (r. 51–30 BCE)
[Val. 3.61].
—, women like Queen Cleopatra
Venus 1.162.
Clio, the Muse of history
Val. 4, tit. ante 1; 4.1, [2]; Venus 2, tit. ante 123. See also Musa.
Clitorius fons, a spring near the city of Clitor in northern Arcadia; those who drink of it thenceforth forswear wine
Val. 1.645.
Clodius, P. Clodius Pulcher (ca. 92–52 BCE), who exiled Cicero in 58
nequissimus Venus 1.145.
Cnidius. See Gnidius.
Cocytius, a, um, of the Cocytus River in the underworld; hence, infernal
regna Venus 1 R.59.
Colchis, the Colchian sorceress Medea, who rejuvenated Jason’s father Aeson
Val. 2.142.
Copia, goddess of Plenty
Val., app. 1.4; Venus 2.148; Idyl. 1.84; 17.90; amica Val. 1.646; larga Hypocr. B 3.5; tota Val. 1.410.
Cordus, Euricius, the German humanist and physician (1486–1535)
noster Val., 1.ded. 16.
Coricius, a, um, of Corycus in Cilicia
crocum Idyl. 6.63.
Coronis, mother of Aesculapius, grandmother of Podalirius
Val. 3.16.
Corycius. See Coricius.
Corydon, a pastoral name for Eobanus Hessus (or some other German poet)
Idyl. 11, arg. 2; 11, tit.; 11, passim as speaker; 11.1, 28, 60, 138. See also Hessus.
[Cos], island in the Aegean Sea, birthplace of Hippocrates
Val. 3.33.
Creon, the physician Acron of Agrigentum in Sicily (fifth century BCE)
Val. 2, tit. ante 69, [69–72].
Crinas. See Critias.
Critias, the physician Crinas of Massilia (Marseille) in the first century CE
Val. 3, tit. ante 73; [3.73–76].
Critobulus, a physician to King Philip of Macedonia and Alexander the Great
Val. 2.299; 3, tit. ante 53; [53–56].
Crocale, a shepherdess
Idyl. 7.100.
Croesi, men as wealthy as Croesus
Val. 2.309; ducenti Val. 1.241.
Crotus Rubianus, Ioannes, German humanist and theologian, a native of Dornheim (ca. 1480–ca. 1545)
Idyl. 12, arg. 2. See also Agavus; Iarbas; Philaegon.
Cupidines, Cupids
Venus 1.25. See also Amores.
Cupidineus, a, um, of Cupid
succi Venus 1 R.184.
Cupido, god of love, son of Venus
Venus 1, [passim], 15, 101, 252; 1 R., [passim], 72, 132, 179; 2.206; Idyl. 3.42, [43–45, 62–63, 81–82; 10.92]; adornatus genialibus telis Venus 2.95; ferox Venus 1.250; festa fronde revinctus Venus 2.82; victor Venus 1.18; Idyl. 15.23. See also Amor.
Curtius, Quintus C. See Quintus.
Cyclops, “The Cyclops,” Theocritus’s eleventh idyl
Idyl., 2.ded. 77m; 15, tit.
Cydon, the city of Cydonia on the island of Crete
alta Val. 1.430.
Cydonia [mala], quinces
Val. 1.430, 430m.
Cygnus, a pastoral name (“swan”) for Eobanus Hessus
Idyl. 3, arg. 1; 3, tit.; 3, passim as speaker; 3.11, 66, 83, 91, 99. See also Hessus.
Cynici, Cynic philosophers
Val. 1.457.
Cynthia, mistress of Propertius
Venus 1.168; formosa Venus 1.167.
Cypria, the goddess of love, Venus
Venus 1 R.24. See also Venus.
Cyprias, the goddess of love, Venus
superba Venus 1.151. See also Venus.
Cypris, the goddess of love, Venus
adultera Venus 1.50; blanda Venus 1.259; diva Venus 1 R.118. See also Venus.
Cythereius, a, um, of the island of Cythera, sacred to Venus; of Venus
regna Venus 1 R.21. See also Venus.
Cytheris, the goddess of love, Venus
diva Val. 2.144. See also Venus.
Damascenus, a, um, of Damascus
pruna Val. 1.439m.
Damascus, capital city of Syria
barbara Val. 1.439.
Danus, a Dane
Arctous (Christian III of Denmark) Idyl. 13.58.
Daphne, the daughter of Peneus, changed into a laurel tree as she was being pursued by Apollo
Venus 2.114; Idyl. 1.37.
Daphnis, a deceased shepherd commemorated in Vergil’s fifth eclogue, identified with Julius Caesar
Idyl. 6, arg. 1; extinctus Idyl. 1.100.
—, a pastoral name for Eobanus Hessus
Idyl. 6, tit.; 6, passim as speaker; 6.1, 17. See also Hessus.
Dardanus, a, um, Trojan
pubes Venus 1.92.
Daulias, adis, Daulian, of Daulis in Phocis
ales (a nightingale) Val. 1.375.
Davides, the Psalmist David
[Idyl. 8.88–89]; cythara insignis Venus 1.190.
Davidicus, a, um, of King David
Psalmi Hypocr., tit.
Deianyra, Deianira, wife of Hercules
Venus 1.208.
Deidamia, wife of Achilles
Venus 1.208.
Deiphobus, the son of Priam, who married Helen after the death of Paris
Venus 1.96.
Delmata, a Dalmatian
quidam (Sbrulius) Idyl. 11, arg. 1.
Delphi, the people of Delphi
Val. 1.531.
Demosthenes, orators like Demosthenes (384–322 BCE)
magni Idyl. 14.75.
Desiderius Erasmus. See Erasmus Roterodamus.
Deucalioneus, a, um, of Deucalion, who survived the great flood
undae Venus 1.69.
Deus, God
Val., 2.ded. 20; Val. 2.16, 30, 73, 213, 264, [265–268]; Venus 2.147, [166], 281; Hypocr. 20; B 1.8; B 3, [passim], 1, 15; B 4, [passim], 2, 36, 65; Idyl. 4, arg. 3; 4, [passim], 100; 8.70, 76; 11.173; 14.108, 119; 17.196; cuncta videns Hypocr. 40; ille Hypocr. B 3.21; immortalis Val. 2.72; ipse Val. 2.104, 190; Hypocr. B 2.14; Idyl. 3.19; muneficus Hypocr. B 4.32; omnipotens Hypocr. B 4.71. See also Christus; Spiritus.
Dialectica, Dialectic, Logic (personified)
Eleg. [1.90], 91–92, [93–95].
Diana, virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon
Venus 1 R.86; casta Venus 1 R.106.
Dido, Queen of Carthage, Aeneas’s lover
moriens Venus 1.157. See also Phoenissa.
Dioscorides, Greek physician and pharmacist of the first century CE
Val. 3, tit. ante 61; [3.61–64].
Dis, ruler of the underworld; hence also, the underworld itself
Val. 2.207; niger Idyl. 5.120; saevus Venus 1 R.59; Stygius Venus 1.47. See also Pluto.
—, plutocrats
multi Idyl. 5.125.
Dodona, a city in Epirus, famed for its sacred oaks
sacra Val. 1.441.
Dryas, a dryad, tree nymph
Venus 1.78; Idyl. 7.141; 16.4; nulla Idyl. 8.60.
Eder. See Aedera.
Edoni, Thracians
Venus 1 R.50.
Elizabeta, St. Elizabeth’s in Marburg
diva Idyl. 6.60m.
—, Elizabeth of Hesse (1502–1557), daughter of William II of Hesse, sister of Philip the Magnanimous
[Idyl. 6.86–90].
Elysium, abode of the blessed after death; heaven
Idyl. 6.75.
Empedocles, the natural philosopher Empedocles of Agrigentum in Sicily (ca. 500–430 BCE)
Agrigentinus Val. 3.72.
Endymion, a handsome youth loved by the moon goddess
suus Idyl. 10.72.
Eobanus Hessus. See Hessus.
Eous or Aeous, a, um, eastern
aura Idyl. 4.87; orbis Idyl. 2.16.
Epidaurius, the healing god Aesculapius, worshiped at Epidaurus
ipse Val. 3.23. See also Aesculapius.
Epidaurius anguis, the snake worshiped as a symbol of Aesculapius at Epidaurus
Val. 2.79.
Epyrus, Epirus, a region of northwestern Greece with the sacred oaks of Dodona
Val. 1.380.
Erasistratus, ancient Greek physician (ca. 250 BCE)
Val. 1.299m; [2.297]; 3, tit. ante 45; [45–48].
Erasmus Roterodamus, Desiderius, Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536)
Val. 2, tit.; 2.411; app. 1.4.
Erato, the Muse of love poetry
Val. 4, tit. ante 11; Venus 2, tit. ante 206; casta Val. 4.11. See also Musa.
Erfurdia. See Erphurdia.
Erfurdianus. See Erphurdianus.
Erfurdiensis, e. See Erphurdiensis.
Ericyna, the goddess of Eryx, Venus
diva Venus 1 R.51. See also Venus.
Erinnys, one of the Furies
Idyl. 15.111. See also Furiae.
Eriphyle. See Eryphile.
Erophilus, the physician Herophilus of Chalcedonia in Asia Minor (ca. 300 BCE)
Val. 1.299m; 3, tit. ante 49; [3.49–52].
Erphurdia, the city of Erfurt
Val., 1.ded. 20; Val. 3, tit.; app. 2.7; Idyl. 1.116, [117–124]; 2, arg. 3; 2.94m; 3, arg. 4; [3, passim]; 5, arg. 4; [5, passim]; 8, arg. 1; 12.53m; [16.128]; 17, tit.; 17, [passim], 84, 98; infoelix Idyl. 5.52; nostra Idyl. 17.54; pacis egens Idyl. 17.42; plus satis infoelix Idyl. 5.56.
Erphurdianus, a, um, of Erfurt
Georgius Sturtiades Val., 2.ded., tit.
Erphurdiensis, e, of Erfurt
Gymnasium Idyl. 1, arg. 1; medicus (Georg Sturtz) Idyl. 15, tit.
Eryphile, Eriphyle, the treacherous wife of King Amphiaraus
Venus 1.204.
Erysiptolis, protectress of the city of Erfurt
Idyl. 17, tit.; 17, passim as speaker; 17.11.
Euadne, the wife of Capaneus, who threw herself onto her husband’s pyre
Venus 1.209.
Euridice. See Eurydice.
Europa, the continent of Europe
Idyl. 16.23.
Eurus, the east wind; hence also, the East
Idyl. 8.91; 12.61; leves Idyl. 10.76; volantes Venus 1.31.
Eurydice or Euridice, the wife of Orpheus
Venus 1.209; dilecta Idyl. 1.52.
Eurytus, a lovestruck shepherd
Idyl. 10, tit.; 10, passim as speaker; 10.5–6, 13; 15, tit.; [15, passim]; bonus ille Idyl. 15.120; miser Idyl. 15.13; stultus Idyl. 15.110.
Euterpe, the Muse of instrumental music and song
Val. 4, tit. ante 3; 4.3; Venus 2, tit. ante 186. See also Musa.
Falernum or Phalernum, Falernian wine; hence, a fine wine
Val. 1.596; Idyl. 1.88.
Fama, Fame (personified)
Idyl. 13.110; vivis invida Val. 1.656.
Fatum, Fate; hence also, fate, death
Val. 2.278; Eleg. 1.39, 71, 81; Venus 1 R.175; 2.215; 3.7; Idyl. 2.36, 65; 6.21, 27; 7.68; 9.16; 13.41; 14.76; 16.59; 17.17; dextrum Idyl. 17.194; nefandum Idyl. 1.51; benigna Eleg. 1.39; crudelia Idyl. 7.88; cuncta Venus 2.183; dubia Idyl. 17.45; inimica Idyl. 17.14; mea Eleg. 1.83; Idyl. 8.72; meliora Idyl. 3.142; misera Idyl. 17.98; pessima Idyl. 6.53; quae nam Idyl. 7.89; tam tristia Idyl. 6.17; ultima Idyl. 14.154. See also Parca.
Faunus, a woodland deity, identified with Pan
Idyl. 8.4.
Faustus, a shepherd in the first eclogue of Baptista Mantuanus’s Adolescentia, identified with Mantuanus himself
aliquis Idyl. 3.22; fluidus Idyl. 3.23; ille Idyl. 3.32. See also Baptista.
Favonius, the west wind, associated with springtime
genitivus Idyl. 10.76; occiduus Idyl. 5.89. See also Zephyrus.
Fernandus, Archduke Ferdinand (1503–1564), brother of Charles V, king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526, Holy Roman emperor from 1558
Venus 3.25.
Ficinus ab Lichtenavia, Ioannes, Johann Feige of Lichtenau (1482–1543), chancellor of Hesse from 1514
Idyl., 2.ded., tit.; 2.ded. 1, [2–20], 21, 85, [86–108], 109, 113, [114].
Floralius, a, um, of Flora, the goddess of flowers
dona Idyl. 5.49.
Fortuna, the blind goddess of Fortune, Lady Luck; fortune
Val. 2.373; 3.15, 44; Venus 3.13, [14–16]; Idyl. 7.13; 16.35, 115; 17.122, 197; fallax Idyl. 7.23; fautrix Idyl. 16.17; laeta Venus 2.178; liberior Val. 2.32; melior Idyl. 17.228; ridens Venus 2.196; utraque Val. 2.280.
Franciscus, Saint Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226)
Hypocr. 73.
Francoberga, Frankenberg in Hesse, where Eobanus attended grammar school from 1501 to 1504
Idyl. 1.132m, 138m.
Francobergensis. See Christianus Francobergensis.
Fridericus, Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony (r. 1486–1525)
Idyl. 12, arg. 2.
—, Friedrich Pistorius (1486/87–1553), since 1520 abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Saint Aegidius in Nuremberg
Hypocr., t.p.; ded., tit.; ded., passim; Hypocr., tit., 1, [3–7].
Frisii. See Phrysii.
Fulda, the Fulda River in Hesse
Idyl. 6.36; celer Idyl. 13.8; patrius Idyl. 3.16; rapax Idyl. 6.41; rapidus Idyl. 3.14.
Furiae, the Furies
Val. 2.352; istae Idyl. 17.192; tristes Idyl. 5.121. See also Erinnys.
Fusor aquae, Aquarius, a sign of the zodiac
Val. 1.64.
Gades, the city of Cádiz on the southwest coast of Spain
Venus 3.2.
Galatea, a pastoral name for Anna of Mecklenburg (1485–1525), the widow of Landgrave William II
Idyl., 2.ded. 92; 6.79. See also Anna.
Galenus, the Greek physician Galen of Pergamum (ca. 129–ca. 216 CE)
Val. 3, tit. ante 29; [3.29–40]; Iliacus Val. 3.81; magnus Val. 3.37.
Gallia, France
[Venus 3.32]; Idyl. 14.79.
Gallicus, a, um, of France
rura Venus 3.32.
Gallus, the Roman poet and general C. Cornelius Gallus (69/68–26 BCE)
Venus 1.164.
Garamantes, a desert-dwelling people in southwestern Libya
Val. 2.338.
Gemini, the Twins, a sign of the zodiac
Val. 1.64.
Georgius Spalatinus. See Spalatinus.
Georgius Sturtiades. See Sturtiades.
Gera. See Hieras.
[Gerlach von der Marthen]. See Marthen, Gerlach von der.
Germani, the Germans
Val. 1.607m; Idyl. 2.94m. See also Teutonici.
Germania, Germany
Val. 1.607; Eleg. 1.65; 2.15; 3.61; Idyl. 11, arg. 1; [11, passim; 13.57; 17.126]; 14.32; [16.66]; [app. 5]; bellipotens Idyl. 14.78; fracta dubiis fatis Idyl. 17.45.
Germanus, a, um, German, of Germany
laus Eleg. 1.132; orbis Idyl. 17.126; poeta Idyl. 11, arg. 2. See also Teutonicus; Teutonis; Teutonus.
Gigantes, the Giants, sons of Heaven and Earth, who stormed the heavens, but were struck by Jupiter’s lightning bolts and buried under Mount Etna
Idyl. 11.161; 14.149.
Gnidius, a, um, of Cnidus, a town in Asia Minor with a celebrated statue of Venus by Praxiteles
diva (Venus) Venus 1 R.102.
Gnosius, a, um, of Gnosus, the ancient capital of Crete
Alcon Idyl. 4.32.
Gosus or Gosiberg, the Gossberg, a hill north of Frankenberg (Hesse)
Idyl. 1.138m; frondens Idyl. 1.138.
Gotha, city in Thuringia, where Mutianus Rufus lived
Idyl. 2.94m; 8, arg. 1, 3; parvo condita colle Idyl. 2.92.
Graece, in the Greek language
Idyl. 1, arg. 4.
Graeci, the Greeks
Val. 1.505; Idyl. 9, arg. 1. See also Graii.
Graecia, Greece
tota Val. 3.18; Venus 2.64.
Graecus, a, um, Greek
foenum Val. 1.459, 459m; literae Idyl. 8, arg. 1. See also Argivus; Argolicus; Graius.
Graia, Greek (language)
[Venus 2.282]; Idyl. 16.112.
Graii, the Greeks
veteres Venus 1.173. See also Graeci.
Graius, a, um, Greek
Musae Idyl. 14.71. See also Graecus.
Grammataeus, Henricus the mathematician Heinrich Schreyber of Erfurt (ca. 1492–1525/26)
Val. (A), t.p.; noster Val., 1.ded. 11.
Grammatica, Grammar (personified)
Eleg. 1.89.
Gratia, goddess of grace (Charis)
Val., app. 2.1–2; Venus 2, dramatis personae; 2, passim, 56, tit. ante 73, 195, 221, 239, 260, 337; bene iuvantes Val., 2.ded. 20; haece Venus 2.327; ipsae Venus 2.110. See also Charites.
Guilielmus, William II (1469–1509), landgrave of Hesse, father of Philip I
Idyl., [2.ded. 89–91]; 6, arg. 2; [6, passim]; [8, arg. 1; 13.19, 33–34]; magnanimus Idyl. 13.105; magnus Idyl., 2.ded. 93. See also Iolas.
Haebreus, a, um, Hebrew
lingua Eleg. 1.63.
Haemus. See Hemus.
Hamadryades, hamadryads, nymphs of the woods
Idyl. 1.105; 16.3.
Harpyiae, the Harpies, monstrous vultures with women’s faces; hence, vultures
Val. 1.377m.
Hebraeus. See Haebreus.
Hector, the greatest Trojan hero
ferus Venus 1.90; maximus Venus 1.94.
Helena, Helen of Troy
[Venus 1.86]. See also Lacena; Tyndaris.
—, a casus belli like Helen of Troy
illa Eleg. 3, postscr. 3.
Heliacus, a, um, of Helius Eobanus Hessus
cultus Venus 1 R.48. See also Hessiacus.
Heliades, a pastoral name (“son of Helius,” i.e., of Apollo) for the laureated poet Hermann Trebelius
Idyl. 5.118, 118m; 12, arg. 2; 12, tit.; 12, passim as speaker; 12.109. See also Trebelius.
Helicon, mountain in Boeotia, sacred to Apollo and the Muses
Idyl. 12.90; 17.201.
Heliconiades, the Heliconians, the Muses
Venus 1 R.85. See also Musa.
Heliconius, a, um, of Mount Helicon
tempe Idyl. 2.27.
Helius Eobanus Hessus. See Hessus.
Helvetii, the Swiss
clausi aeternis rupibus Val. 1.610.
Hemus, mountain range in Thrace
Threycius Venus 2.103.
Hercinius, a, um, Hercynian
rupes Idyl. 17.1; saltus Idyl. 16.129. See also Hercynia.
[Hercules], the mythical Greek hero, famous for his Twelve Labors
Venus 1.55–61, [193–194]; Idyl. 13.95. See also Alcides.
Herculeus, a, um, Herculean, of Hercules
fretum Venus 3.2; labores Idyl. 12.99; laudes Venus 1.193; sagittae Idyl. 4.25.
Hercynia, the Hercynian Forest
Venus 1 R.31. See also Hercinius.
Hercynius. See Hercinius.
Herebordus Margaritanus. See Margaritanus, Herebordus.
Hermannus Trebelius. See Trebelius.
Hermione, daughter of Menelaus and Helen
Venus 1.204.
Herophilus. See Erophilus.
Hesiodus, the Greek poet Hesiod of Ascra (ca. 700 BCE)
Val., 1.ded. 1; [Idyl. 12.122]; memor accepti beneficii Val., 1.ded. 7.
Hesperides, nymphs of evening, who guarded the golden apples in the western Ocean
Venus 2.173.
Hesperius, Hesperian, western
littus Venus 3.1.
Hessi, Hesse; the Hessians; Hesse
Idyl. 2.ded., tit.; 6, arg. 2; 8, arg. 1; 13, tit.; alacres Val. 1.609; fortes Idyl. 10.50; monticolae Idyl. 1.81.
Hessia, Hesse
[Idyl., 2.ded. 1, 110; Idyl. 1, arg. 1]; Idyl. 1, [passim], 129; 6, arg. 5; [6, passim]; 13, [passim], 122. See also Hessus.
Hessiacus, a, um, of Hesse, Hessian
agri Idyl. 6.60; leo Idyl. 13.12; montes Idyl. 5.51.
—, of Eobanus Hessus
chelis Val. 2.2. See also Heliacus.
Hessis, idis, of Hesse
terra Idyl. 6.44.
Hessus, Eobanus, Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488–1540)
[Eleg. 1.65–84; 3, passim]; Venus 1R, tit.; Venus 1 R., [passim], 4, 27, 169; Hypocr., lim. 1; Idyl. 2.3; 4, arg. 1; 8, arg. 4; alter (Hunus) Val., 1.ded. 16. See also Argus; Camillus; Corydon; Cygnus; Daphnis; Polyphemus.
Hieras, the Gera River flowing through Erfurt
Idyl. 1.118; 3, arg. 4; 12.53, 53m; piscosus Idyl. 3.12; vagus Idyl. 3.1.
—, the river god Gera
Idyl. 17, tit.; 17, passim as speaker; 17.7.
Hiericola, ae, on the Gera River
urbs (Erfurt) Idyl. 16.128.
Hieronymus Baumgartnerus. See Baumgartnerus.
Hippocrates, Greek physician of Cos (ca. 460–ca. 375 BCE)
Val. 3, tit. ante 25; 3.[25–28], 29, [30–35]; magnus Val. 3.33.
Hispaniae, Spain
Venus, t.p.; Venus 3, tit.
Hohemburgum, the town of Homberg in Hesse
Idyl. 8, arg. 1.
Homerus, Homer, the poet of the Iliad and Odyssey
Val. 2.237m, [238–247]; bonus Eleg. 3.95; divinus Val. 2.237, 331; 3.19. See also Maeonius.
—, poets like Homer
plures Venus 1.246. See also Meonides.
[Horatius], the Roman poet Horace (65–8 BCE)
Eleg. 3.95–96.
Horrisonus or Horselberg, the Hörselberg, a mountain to the east of Eisenach
Idyl. 5.90, 90m, [110–121].
Hortensius, the Roman orator Q. Hortensius Hortalus (114–50 BCE), notorious for his extravagant banquets
audax Val. 1.387.
Hunnus, a Hun, Hungarian
Venus 3.26.
Hunus, Martinus, Martin Hune of Gittelde, a faculty member at Erfurt, candidate of medicine together with Eobanus Hessus
Val. (A), t.p.; Val., 1.ded. 16; Val. 2.[1], 2, [3–9], 401, 401m, [402–409; app. 1.2, 5].
Hybla, a mountain on Sicily, famed for its flowering herbs and bees
Sicula Idyl. 8.27.
Iacchus, the wine god Bacchus
Val. 3.1; facilis Hypocr. B 4.43. See also Bacchus.
Iarbas, a learned shepherd, identified with Crotus Rubianus
doctus Idyl. 9.86. See also Crotus Rubianus.
Iason, the Argonaut Jason, husband of the sorceress Medea
durus Venus 1.103. See also Iasonides.
Iberus, the Ebro River in Spain
Tartessiacus Venus 3.19.
Ida, mountain range in Phrygia, not far from Troy
Venus 1 R.103; Iliaca Venus 1.74; Phrygia Venus 2.41; Idyl. 10.74.
Idaeus, a, um, Trojan
lares Val. 3.18.
Idalius, a, um, of Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, sacred to Venus
domina (Venus) Venus 1.107; ignis Eleg. 3.42; mons Venus 1.24; saxum Venus 1.14; colles Venus 1 R.67; ignes Idyl. 3.100; sedes Venus 2.312.
Iessaeus or Iesseus, a, um, of Jesse, father of King David
Venus 1.191; vates (David) Idyl. 8.89.
[Iesus], Jesus Christ. See Christus.
Iliacus, a, um, Phrygian, of Troy
aurum Venus 1.203; Ida Venus 1.74.
—, of Pergamum
Galenus Val. 3.81.
Iliades, epics like Homer’s Iliad
tercentum Venus 1.247.
Ilus, son of Tros, founder of Ilium (Troy)
Venus 1.95.
Indi, the Indians
nigri Idyl. 2.32.
Invidia, Envy (personified)
Eleg., lim., tit.; Idyl. 14.96. See also Livor.
Ioachimicae valles, the city of Joachimsthal (Bohemia), now Jáchymov
Eleg. 1, tit.
Ioachimus or Iochimus Camerarius. See Camerarius Quaestor.
Iolas, a pastoral name for William II (1469–1509), landgrave of Hesse
Idyl. 6, arg. 1–2; 6, tit.; 6, [passim], 38, 65, 70, 74, 76, 81, 112; extinctus Idyl. 6.29; 13.34; laudatus Idyl., 2.ded. 91; magnus Idyl. 6.69; nobilis Idyl. 6.21; sublimis Idyl. 6.51. See also Guilielmus.
Iole, daughter of Eurytus, king of Oechalia, carried off by Hercules
Oechalia Venus 1.58.
—, a lovely shepherdess
Idyl. 15, [passim], 28, 94; quaedam Idyl., 1.ded. 77; 2.ded. 75; formosa Idyl. 15.19.
Ionas, Iustus, the humanist jurist and theologian Justus Jonas of Nordhausen (1493–1555)
Idyl., arg. 4.1–2. See also Battus.
Ionia, region in Asia Minor
prisca Val. 1.367.
Iovis, Jupiter, chief god of the Romans, identified with Zeus
Val. 3.5; Venus 1 R.88; 2.23, 69; Idyl. 2.15; 11.142; ipse Idyl. 6.85; iratus Idyl. 14.150; magnus Venus 1.60; 1 R.117; 2.37; propitius Venus 2.342; supremus Venus 2.74; Tarpaeus Val. 1.591. See also Iupiter.
Isenacum, the city of Eisenach in Thuringia
Idyl. 5, arg. 4; 5.90m, 91m.
Italia, Italy
Idyl. 8, arg. 1.
Italus, a, um, of Italy
arva Idyl., 1.ded. 48; 2.ded. 46.
Ithacus, the Ithacan (Ulysses)
suus Val. 2.242. See also Ulysses.
Iulus, son of Aeneas, legendary ancestor of Julius Caesar
Venus 1.124.
[Iuno], the wife of Jupiter
Venus 1.72–74; 2.41.
Iunonius, a, um, sacred to Juno
avis (peacock) Venus 2.9.
Iupiter or Iuppiter, Jupiter, chief god of the Romans, identified with Zeus
Venus 1.44, [69]; 1 R.44, [45–48; 2.10]; Idyl. 2.3; 9.87; 11.152; 15.85; ipse Venus 2.182; iratus Val. 3.11; nubicoga Venus 2.53. See also Iovis; Saturnigena.
—, Jupiter Ammon
[Venus 1.108].
Lacena, Helen of Troy
Venus 1.96. See also Helena.
Laethaeus. See Lethaeus.
Lanus, the Lahn River that flows through Marburg
Idyl. 6.41; tuus Idyl. 6.60.
Lanx, Libra, a sign of the zodiac
vaga Val. 1.64.
Laodamia, the wife of Protesilaus
Venus 1.208.
Latini, speakers of Latin
Idyl. 9, arg. 1.
Latinus, a, um, Latin
carmen Idyl. 1, arg. 3; lingua Val. 1.316; Venus 2.283; Idyl. 16.111; pecus Idyl. (B), lim. 5; aures Idyl. 1, arg. 3; literae Idyl. 8, arg. 1; Musae Idyl. 11.185; 14.70; Pierides Idyl. 11.198.
Latius, a, um, Latin, Roman
aula Idyl. 13.25; nomen Idyl. 5.90; orbis Venus 1.116; Idyl. 14.16; rus Idyl. (B), lim. 4; Tybris Val. 3.24; Musae Idyl. 8.2; poetae Venus 1.155.
Latmius, a, um, of Mount Latmus in Caria, where the moon goddess visited the sleeping Endymion
saxa Venus 1 R.112.
[Lavinia], daughter of King Latinus, second wife of Aeneas
Venus 1.117.
Lemnius, Vulcan, the blacksmith god, whose cult center was in Lemnos
Val. 3.2. See also Vulcanus.
Leo, a sign of the zodiac
Val. 1.60; calidus Idyl. 12.44.
Lesbia, mistress of the Roman poet Catullus
blanda Venus 1.172.
Lethaeus, a, um, of Lethe, the river of forgetfulness in the underworld
somnus Idyl. 6.29.
Leucippe, a shepherdess
Idyl. 7.100.
Libanus, Mount Lebanon
Hypocr. B 2.11.
Libs. See Lybs.
Libycus, a, um. See Lybicus.
Lichtenavia. See Ficinus ab Lichtenavia.
Linus, mythical musician, son of Apollo
Venus 1.152.
Livius, the great Roman historian Livy (59 BCE–17 CE)
Eleg. 1.118.
Livor, Envy (personified)
Hypocr. 70; Idyl. 5.106; edax Eleg. 3.10; Idyl. 2.ded. 83; iners Idyl., 1.ded. 85; moestissimus Eleg. 3.35. See also Invidia.
Lollia, Lollia Paulina (d. 49 CE), third wife of Caligula
improba Venus 1.134.
[Lucanus], the Roman poet Lucan (39–65 CE)
Venus 2.107.
Lucifer, the light-bringer, sun
Hypocr. B 4.67; Idyl. 9.1. See also Phoebus.
Lucina, goddess of childbirth
Venus 2.152.
Lucullus, the proverbially wealthy Roman general Lucius Licinius Lucullus (ca. 118–57/56 BCE)
Venus 2.176.
Luna, the moon goddess, twin sister of the sun god Apollo
Venus 1.76; Idyl. 10.72.
Luxus, Debauchery (personified)
Hypocr. 68.
Lybicus, a, um, of Libya, North African
arena Venus 1.108.
Lybs, the southwest wind
Idyl. 10.103.
Lycaeum, the gymnasium near Athens where Aristotle taught; hence, a university
nescio quale Idyl. 9.93.
Lycius, a, um, of Lycia
agrestes (frogs) Idyl. 17.143.
Lycoris, mistress of the Roman poet Gaius Cornelius Gallus
aversa Venus 1.164.
—, a mistress
non ulla Idyl. 8.61.
Lydia, a girl celebrated by Vergil
formosa Venus 1.158.
Macedae, the Macedonians; Macedonia
Val. 3.53; Eleg. 1.116; Idyl. 13.98.
Macer, Aemilius Macer of Verona (d. 16 BCE), who wrote a poem on medicinal herbs
Val. 3, tit. ante 109; [3.109–112].
Machaon, Greek physician before Troy, son of Aesculapius, brother of Podalirius
Val. 2.245m; 3, tit. ante 17, [17–20].
Maeonides. See Meonides.
Maeonius, Homer
Idyl., 2.ded. 100. See also Homerus.
Magebucchus, Ioannes, Johann Magenbuch, municipal physician of Nuremberg from 1524 until his death in 1546
Val., 2.ded. 19.
Maia, mother of Mercury
Venus 1.51; Athlantis Venus 2.10.
Mantous, a, um, of Mantua
poetae (Vergil and Baptista Mantuanus) Idyl. 3.35.
Mantuani, Mantuans
duo (Vergil and Baptista Mantuanus) Idyl. 3, arg. 2.
[Mantuanus, Baptista]. See Baptista.
Margaritanus, Herebordus, the humanist and jurist Herbord von der Marthen (ca. 1480–1529)
Idyl. 5.37m. See also Phileremus.
[Maria], the Virgin Mary
Idyl. 4, arg. 3; 4, passim.
Maro. See Virgilius Maro.
Marones, poets like Vergil
grande sonaturi Idyl. 13.119; mille Venus 1.247. See also Virgilius Maro.
Mars, the god of war; hence also, war, battle
Venus 1.93, 115; adhuc vinctus Venus 1.49; suus Idyl. 14.145. See also Mavors.
—, the planet Mars
Val. 1.75.
Marsia, Marsyas, a satyr who challenged Apollo to a contest in flute playing, but was flayed alive
Idyl. 4.53; [8.96].
[Marthen, Gerlach von der], Erfurt patrician and jurist (1465–1515), vicegerent of the archbishop of Mainz (1499–1504)
Idyl. 5.39.
[Martialis], the Roman epigrammatist Martial (late first century CE)
Val. 1.396, 539–540.
Martiburgum, the city of Marburg
Idyl. 6.[42], 42m, 60m.
Martius, a, um, of the war god Mars; hence, martial
castra Idyl. 16.99; facta Idyl. 13.118.
Massylia, Marseilles
Val. 3.76.
Mavors, the god of war
bellipotens Idyl. 14.5. See also Mars.
[Medea]. See Colchis.
Melanchthon or Melanthon, Philippus, the Wittenberg humanist and reformer (1497–1560)
Val., 1.ded. 16; Eleg. 3.7, [59–60]; 3, postscr. 1; Idyl. 14, tit.; 14, [passim], 1; doctus Idyl. 14.46; noster Hypocr., ded. 2; pius Eleg. 1.97.
Meleterus, a shepherd
Idyl. 6, tit.; 6, passim as speaker; 6.7.
Melinus, a sheepherder
Idyl. 9, arg. 1; 9, tit.; 9, passim as speaker; 9.9, 53, 64.
Melisaeus, a pastoral name (“singer”) for Ludwig Christiani of Frankenberg
Idyl. 1, arg. 1; 1, tit.; 1, passim as speaker; 1.4, 11, 36, 49, 146; 12.64, 64m. See also Christianus Francobergensis.
Melissa, a shepherdess
nigra Idyl. 7.100.
Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy
Val. 4, tit. ante 7; 4.7, [8]; Venus 2, tit. ante 147. See also Musa.
Menalcas, an older shepherd
Idyl. 7, arg. 2; 7, tit.; 7, passim as speaker; 7.1, 8, 29, 85, 95.
Menelaus, king of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon and husband of Helen
flavicomus Venus 1.86.
Meonides, poets like Homer
magni Idyl. 14.75. See also Homerus.
Mercurius, Mercury, son of Jupiter and Maia, messenger of the gods, patron of eloquence, inventor of the lyre
Val. 3.2; Venus [1.51]; 1 R.47; 2, dramatis personae; 2, passim as speaker.
[Messalina], Valeria Messalina (d. 48 CE), third wife of Emperor Claudius
Val. 3.91; Venus 1.133.
Midas or Mydas, a mythical king of Phrygia, proverbial for his riches and stupidity; he was given ass’s ears because he had no ear for Apollo’s music
Val. 1.242; app. 4.4; [Idyl. 4.55]; dives Val. 1.336.
—, men as wealthy as King Midas
Val. 2.309.
Minciades or Mintiades, ae, born by the Mincio River; hence, Vergilian
poeta (Vergil) Eleg. 1.79; Musae Idyl. 8.11; 13.1. See also Virgilianus.
Minerva, goddess of wisdom, patron of the arts and sciences
Val. 1.217; Venus [1.72–74]; 1 R.86, 100; 2.41. See also Pallas.
[Minotaurus], a man-eating monster, imprisoned in the labyrinth on Crete, killed by Theseus
Venus 1.100.
Misenus, Aeneas’s trumpeter
Idyl. 4.56.
Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses
Venus 2.73.
Moenus, The Main River
Venus 1 R.31; naviger Idyl. 6.43.
Mogunciacensis, e, of Mainz
pontifex (Archbishop Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild) Idyl. 8, arg. 1.
Morpheus, god of dreams
praesens Idyl. 12.26.
Moses, the lawgiver of the Jews
Val. 2.233m; legifer Val. 2.233.
Musa, a Muse
Val., 1.ded. 8, 14; Val. 1.1, 400; 2.300, 371, 407; 3.95, 102; 4, tit.; 4.1, 17; app. 2.1–4; Eleg. 1.21, [22–26], 29, [32], 37, 40; 2.4, 12, 25; 3.[15–17], 18, [21–22]; Venus, t.p.; Venus 1.[3–4], 196, 238, 251, [257], 264; [1R.4, 79–93, 117–166]; 2, tit.; 2, [passim], 17, 26, 32, 55, 62, 74, 81, 93, tit. ante 101, 182, 241, 310, 336; [3.5]; Idyl., 1.ded. 82; 2.ded. 80; Idyl. 1.14, 17, [55], 98; 2, [passim], 7, 14, 19, 29, 40, 45–46, 52, 59, 61, 68, 70–71, 78; 3.42; 4.68, 77, 85, 93, 101; 11.178; 12.46, 47, 69, 89, 125–126, 128; 13.107, 109; 14.1, 29; 15.10; 16.9, [16.160–171]; 17.140, 210, 223; imprudens Idyl. 16.161; inops Val. 1.23; iocosa Venus, lim. 2; male cauta Eleg. 3.73; mea Val. 1.408; Eleg. 1.72, 77; Idyl., 2.ded. 99; Idyl. 1.20; 13.21; mea rustica Idyl. 8.12; nostra dolens Eleg. 3.8; pudica Val. 1.216; rustica Idyl. (B), lim. 1; secura sui Eleg. 3.14; tua Idyl. 1.11; 3.35; arvicolae Idyl. 2.7; castae Venus, lim. 3; certantes Idyl. 4.64; 17.138; doctae Idyl. 2.71; dulces Idyl. 2.11, 14, 29, 40, 52, 68; faciles Idyl. 11.121; faventes Idyl. 4.69, 73, 81, 89, 97; fugatae Idyl. 17.213; Graiae Idyl. 14.71; hae Idyl. 16.51; humiles Idyl. 13.103; inaudaces Idyl. 11.112; Latiae Idyl. 8.2; Latinae Idyl. 11.185; 14.71; meae Idyl., 1.ded. 43; 2.ded. 41; Idyl. 6.20; medicantes Idyl. 15.1; Mintiades Idyl. 8.10; 13.1; nostrae Hypocr., ded. 5; Idyl. 1.62; 16.57; novem Val., t.p.; Venus 2, dramatis personae; omnes Idyl. 17.31; peremptae Idyl. 17.201; Pierides Idyl. 12.125; 15.1; praesentes Idyl. 12.123; propitiae Val., 2.ded. 20; proscriptae Idyl. 14.45; pulsae Idyl. 16.64; reduces Idyl. 16.8; renatae Idyl. 14.84; salutiferae Val. 3.105; sanctae Idyl. 2.85; steriles Val. 2.313; sylvestres Idyl. 16.1; sylvicolae Idyl. 13.70; tristes Idyl. 14.3; ullae Idyl. 11.23; vestrae Idyl. 11.53; virgines Idyl. 13.123. See also Aonides; Calliope; Camoena; Clio; Erato; Euterpe; Heliconiades; Melpomene; Pieris; Polyhymnia; Terpsichore; Thalia; Thespiades puellae; Urania.
Musa, Antonius, personal physician of Caesar Augustus, whom he cured of a serious illness in 23 BCE
Val. 3, tit. ante 93; 3.[93–95], 96.
Musaeum or Museum, Georg Sturtz’s beautifully decorated study, dedicated to Apollo and the Muses
Val., 1.ded. 13–14; Val. 3, tit.; [4, tit.]; app. 2.1; app. 3, tit.; iste tuum Val., app. 2.6; Sturtianum Val. (A), t.p.; tuum Val., 1.ded. 13; app. 2.3.
Musaeus, legendary Greek poet and singer
Venus 1.152.
Musicus, a, um, of the Muses
antra Venus 2.286; castra Eleg. 1.46.
[Muth, Johann], elder brother of Mutianus Rufus, from 1485 to his death in 1494/95 master of the kitchen for the archbishop of Mainz in the domain of Erfurt
Idyl. 8, arg. 1.
—, Mutianus Rufus’s younger brother (1468–1504), chancellor of Landgrave William II of Hesse
Idyl. 8, arg. 1.
Mutiani or Mutii, the Muth family, to which Mutianus Rufus belonged
Idyl. 8, arg. 1.
Mutianus Rufus, Chunratus, the celebrated humanist, native of Homberg, canon in Gotha (1470/71–1526)
Idyl. 2.94m; 4, arg. 3; 8, arg. 1, [2–5]; 8, tit.; 8, [passim], 36, 39, 93; notissimus per Aonios colles Idyl. 8.15. See also Thrasybulus.
Mydas. See Midas.
Mythridates, Mithridates VI, the Great (120–63 BCE), king of Pontus
Val. 2.257, 257m, [259].
Mythridaticus, a, um, of Mithridates the Great
theriaca Val. 2.259m.
Naias, a river nymph, naiad
Venus 1.78; Idyl. 6.56; 7.141; 8.60; 10.32, 89; 16.3; 17.7; omnes Idyl. 1.105.
Napaeae or Napeae, nymphs of wooded valleys
Idyl. 1.106; 16.4; faciles Val. 2.405; Venus 1.78; molles Idyl. 7.141; tristes Idyl. 6.56.
Narcissus, a lovelorn shepherd
Idyl. 7, arg. 2; 7, tit.; 7, passim as speaker; 7.68, 81, 83, 104, 130; ille tuus Idyl. 7.148; miser Idyl. 7.159; noster Idyl. 7.55.
Natura, Nature (personified)
Val. 1.197, [198–204], 222; 2.215; 3.97, 100; Idyl. 2.81; 14,126; 15.52; 16.137; 17.121; admiranda Idyl. 9.38; difficilis Idyl., 1.ded. 13; 2.ded. 11; Idyl. 11.81; mirabilis Idyl. 9.42; praeses Val. 1.188.
Nemphis, the Nemphe River, a tributary of the Eder
Idyl. 1.132m; parvus Idyl. 1.132.
Nepa, Scorpio, a sign of the zodiac
trux Val. 1.66.
Neptunus, the sea god Neptune
Venus 1.46; 1 R.58; [Idyl. 17.235].
Neraeus, a, um, of the sea god Nereus; hence, of the sea
fluctus Idyl. 10.98.
Nereus, the sea god Nereus; hence also, the sea
Idyl. 11.183; grandis Venus 2.334; ipse Venus 1.68; totus Idyl. 7.78.
Nero, the Roman emperor Nero (r. 54–68 CE)
[Idyl., 1.ded. 52; 2.ded. 50]; dirus Venus 1.130.
Nessus, the Nesse River, near Eisenach
Idyl. 5.91m; gelidus Idyl. 3.15; undosus Idyl. 5.91.
Nestor, wise old man who advised the Greeks before Troy, proverbial for his longevity
Idyl. 13.79.
Nilus, the Nile River
Venus 1 R.54.
Nisus, a pastoral name for Philip the Upright (1448–1508), elector Palatine from 1467
Rhenanus Idyl. 6.47.
Nomades, the Numidians, a nomadic people in North Africa
Val. 1.601.
Noriberga, Norica berga, Nuremberga, or Nurenberga, the city of Nuremberg, the name of which was explained as stemming from the ancient Norici
Val., 2.ded. 4, 24; [Eleg.1–3, passim; Venus 2, passim]; Hypocr., t.p.; ded., tit.; ded. 5; Idyl., lectori, postscr.; Idyl. 13, postscr.; 16, tit.; 16, [passim], 31; 16, postscr.
Noribergensis, e, of Nuremberg
patricius ac consularis Idyl., 1.ded., tit.
Norica berga. See Noriberga.
Noricus, a, um, Noric, of Noricum; hence (by a pseudo-etymology) of Nuremberg
iuventus Eleg. 1.102; pubes Idyl. 16.106; schola Eleg., t.p.; Eleg. 1, tit.; Venus, t.p.; tellus Idyl. 16.135; urbs Eleg. 1.39; 2.11; Idyl. 16.156; Venus 2, post tit.; 2.54; moenia Eleg. 1.27; Venus 2.16; Idyl. 16.30; pectora Eleg. 1.135; regna Eleg. 2.52; rura Eleg. 1.20; Venus 2.65.
Notus, the stormy south wind
Venus 2.278.
Nuremberga; Nurenberga. See Noriberga.
Nurenbergensis, e, in Nuremberg
S. Aegidius Hypocr., tit.
Oceanus, the Ocean
Idyl. 6.80, 121; 9.1; 10.102; 12.1, 10; 17.21.
Odrysius, a, um, of Thrace
Rhesus Venus 1 R.126.
Oechalius, a, um, of Oechalia
Iole Venus 1.58.
Oenone, a Phrygian nymph, loved by Paris
Idyl. 10.73.
Olenius, a, um, Olenian, Aetolian
capra (the goat Amalthea) Idyl. 9.87.
Olympias, an Olympiad; poetically, a period of five years
octava Idyl., lectori 8; quinta Idyl. 13.39.
Olympus, the sky
clarus Venus 1 R.173; stellatus Idyl. 11.197.
[Opsopoeus, Vincentius], a humanist scholar and poet (d. 1539), who mocked Eobanus for writing a seven-foot hexameter
Eleg. 3, tit.; 3, passim.
Oreas, mountain nymph, oread
Idyl. 1.109; mollis Idyl. 8.60; vagae Idyl. 16.5.
Oriens, the East
Idyl. 14.76.
Orpheus, legendary Thracian singer, husband of Eurydice
Val. 2.235, 235m; Venus 1.152; 2.104; Idyl. 1.51.
Ovidianus, a, um, by the Roman poet Ovid
carmen (Metamorphoses) Idyl. 7, arg. 3.
[Ovidius], the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE–17/18 CE)
Venus 1.165–166.
Pactolus, goldbearing river in Lydia
Venus 2.174.
Paean, a festive hymn
laetissimus Venus 2.116.
Paeon, god of healing, identified with Aesculapius
Val. 2.245. See also Aesculapius.
Paestanus, a, um, of Paestum in Lucania, famed for its twice-blooming roses
rosa Idyl. 11.21.
Palamedeus, a, um, of Palamedes, who invented several letters of the Greek alphabet by observing the flight of cranes
aves (cranes) Val. 1.398.
Palepaphius, a, um, of Palaepaphus (Old Paphus) on Cyprus, where Venus rose from the sea; hence, of Venus or her son Cupid
arundo Idyl. 7.138.
Pales, guardian deity of flocks and cattle
diva Idyl. 5.64; montana Idyl. 5.63.
Palladius, a, um, of Pallas Athene, Palladian
pulvis Val. 1.99; Idyl. 12.95; urbs (Marburg) Idyl. 6.42; arces (University of Erfurt) Idyl. 17.135.
Pallas, Pallas Athene, goddess of wisdom
Idyl. 17.109, 113; pulsa Idyl. 14.162. See also Minerva.
Pan, god of the woodlands and shepherds, half man, half goat
Idyl. 1.141; 10.30, 88; capripes Idyl. 1.18; improbus Idyl. 4.41; ipse Idyl. 1.109; magnus Idyl. 5.64; 8.4; maximus Idyl. 5.62.
Panes, woodland deities
Venus 1.65.
Paphia, the Paphian goddess, Venus
Venus 1 R.84, 159. See also Venus.
Paphius, a, um, of Paphus, a city on Cyprus sacred to Venus; hence, Paphian, of Venus
arbor (myrtle) Venus 2.126; flammae Venus 1.177.
Paphus, a city on Cyprus, sacred to Venus
Venus 2.59.
Parca, one of the goddesses of Fate who spin, measure, and cut off the thread of life
Venus 2.142; Idyl., 1.ded. 22, 37; 2.ded. 20, 35; Idyl. [3.133–134; 6.22–28]; fatales Idyl. 6.22. See also Fatum.
Paris, Paris of Troy, lover of Oenone, umpire of a beauty contest among three goddesses on Mount Ida
Venus 1.74, 94; Idyl. 10.73.
Parrhasis Ursa, the constellation Ursa Maior
Val. 1.604.
Pasiphae, wife of Minos, mother of the Minotaur
Venus 1.207.
Paulus, the apostle Paul
Val. 2.269, [270].
Paulus Aegineta, the Alexandrian Greek physician Paul of Aegina (seventh century CE)
Val. 3, tit. ante 37; [3.37–40].
Pegnesis, idos, of the Pegnitz River
ora Eleg. 1.69; Venus 2.339; ripa Eleg. 1.25; unda Venus 2.15.
Pegnesus, the Pegnitz River that flows through Nuremberg
Eleg. 1.28–29; Venus 2.19, 66, 286; Idyl. 16.[25–30], 130; pulcher Venus 2.311; Idyl. 16.24; viridis Eleg. 1.19.
Pelides, Achilles, the son of Peleus
Idyl., 2.ded. 100.
Pelusiacus, a, um, of the city of Pelusium in Egypt
zythum Val. 1.649.
Peneius, a, um, belonging to the Peneus River
Tempe Eleg. 1.33.
Peneus, river that flows through the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly
Venus 2.18, 287; lauriger Eleg. 1.30; pulcher Idyl. 16.131.
Permessis, source of the Permessus River on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses
Idyl. 12.46.
Persae, the Persians
Val. 2.261; Idyl. 14.103.
Perseus, mythical Greek hero, brother of Cadmus
Venus 1 R.105. See also Agenorides.
Persica [mala], peaches
Val. 1.425, 425m.
Petreius Aperbacchus. See Aperbacchus.
Phaedra. See Phedra.
Phalernum. See Falernum.
Phaon, an old ferryman of Lesbos, rejuvenated by Venus after he took her across the straits of Chios without charge
Val. 2.143.
Pharius, a, um, of Egypt, Egyptian
aula Venus 1.148; ignes Val. 3.61.
Phasiades, Phasian birds, pheasants
Val. 1.590.
Phasis, a river in Colchis that flows into the Black Sea
Scythicus Val. 1.364.
Phedra, wife of Theseus, stepmother of Hippolytus
Venus 1.205.
Philaegon, a pastoral name (“one who loves goats”) for Crotus Rubianus
Idyl. 3, arg. 1; 3, tit.; 3, passim as speaker; 3.6, 82, 122; magnus Idyl. 9.47. See also Crotus Rubianus.
Philantis, a lovelorn shepherdess
Idyl. 7.60, 68; formosa Idyl. 7.101, 144; nivea Idyl. 7.56.
Phileremus, a pastoral name (“one who loves solitude”) for Herbord von der Marthen
Idyl. 5, arg. 1; 5, tit.; 5, passim as speaker; 5.1, 5, 35, 37m, 45, 68, 82, 99. See also Margaritanus, Herebordus.
Philetas, a pastoral name for Georg Spalatin
Idyl. 2, arg. 1; 2, tit.; 2.9, 57, 64; [10.91–92, 97]; meus Idyl. 10.91. See also Spalatinus.
Philippus, Philip II, king of Macedonia (359–336 BCE), father of Alexander the Great
Val. 3.53; Venus 1.107.
—, Philip of Acarnania, personal physician of Alexander the Great
Val. 3, tit. ante 57; [3.57–60].
—, Philip the Magnanimous (1504–1567), landgrave of Hesse from 1509
Idyl., 2.ded. [89–90, 95–98], 99, [110–112]; Idyl. 6, arg. 2; 6.[86–122], 92m; 13, tit.; 13, [passim], 10, 63, 106; generosus Idyl. 13.19; illustris Idyl., 2.ded., tit.; 2.ded. 87.
—, Philip Melanchthon. See Melanchthon.
Phillyrides. See Phyllirides.
Philondas, a pastoral name for the humanist poet Riccardo Sbruglio
Idyl. 11, arg. 1; 11, tit.; 11, passim as speaker; 11.1, 11, 27, 53, 62, 84, 136; noster Idyl. 11.122. See also Sbrulius.
Philotas, a lovestruck shepherd
Idyl. 7, arg. 2; 7, tit.; 7, passim as speaker; 7.11, 47, 69; ipse Idyl. 7.91; mihi carus Idyl. 7.86.
Phlegeton, river of fire in the underworld; hence, the underworld itself
Idyl. 4.34.
Phocis, idos, of Phocis, a region in central Greece with Mount Parnassus
terra Venus 2.58.
Phoebaeus or Phoebeus, a, um, of Phoebus Apollo; of the sun
lampas Idyl. 6.98; cantus Idyl. 1.19; cygni Val. 1.399; ignes Idyl. 9.96.
Phoebus, the sun god, identified with Apollo; the sun
Val. 1.74, 201, 400; 2.4, 245; 3.15, 106; app. 3.2; Eleg. 1.27; Venus 1.49, [76]; 1 R.19; Idyl. 4.53, 99; 8.31; 11.138; 12.18, 46; 13.109; 14.1; nascens Idyl. 16.29; vindex Idyl. 13.107. See also Apollo; Lucifer; Sol.
Phoenissa, Dido, queen of Carthage and Aeneas’s lover
Venus 1.207. See also Dido.
Phrygius, a, um, Phrygian, Trojan
dux (Aeneas) Idyl., 1.ded. 48; 2.ded. 46; Ida Venus 2.41; Idyl. 10.74; Mydas Val., app. 4.4; rex (Midas) Idyl. 4.55.
Phrysii, the Frisians
Val. 1.611.
Phryxaeum pecus, the constellation Aries (Ram) with the Golden Fleece; the sun enters Aries at the spring equinox
Idyl. 9.88.
Phyllirides, the wise centaur Chiron, son of Saturn and the Oceanid Philyra; skilled in medicine, music, and the other arts, he mentored Achilles and other Greek heroes
Idyl. 4.30; magnus Val. 2.245. See also Chiron.
Phyllis, a Thracian princess who hanged herself when her husband Demophon did not return to her as promised
Venus 1.206.
—, a shepherdess
Idyl. 1.111; nulla Idyl. 8.61; formosae Idyl. 1.104.
Pieris, a Muse
Venus 1 R.19; Idyl. 1.15, 60; 4.64, 68, 77, 85, 93, 101; 15.7; 16.15; divae Venus 1 R.165; 2.22; Idyl. 2.2; 12.121; Latinae Idyl. 11.199; novem Val., app. 3.2; pressae Idyl. 14.14. See also Musa.
Pieris, idis, Pierian, Thessalian
Musae Idyl. 12.125; 15.2.
Pierius, a, um, of the Muses
chelis Idyl., 1.ded. 2.
Pindaricus, a, um, Pindaric, of Pindar
lyra Venus 1.171.
Pircaimerus, Bilibaldus, the Nuremberg patrician humanist Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530)
Idyl., 1.ded., tit.; 1.ded. 1, [2–22], 23, [24], 87; [2.ded. 103–104].
Pirithous. See Pyrithous.
Piscis, Pisces, a sign of the zodiac
iners Val. 1.66.
Plato, the Greek philosopher (ca. 429–347 BCE)
Val. 2.253m; magnus Val. 2.253; Venus 1.175.
Plinius or Plynius, the Roman encyclopedist Pliny the Elder (23/24 BCE–79 CE)
Val. 2.303m; 3, tit. ante 97; [97–100].
Pluto ruler of the underworld, husband of Proserpina
avarus Venus 1.102. See also Dis.
Podalirius, Greek physician before Troy, son of Aesculapius, brother of Machaon
Val. 2.245m; 3, tit. ante 13; [3.13–16], 17.
Poenus, a, um, Punic, African
leones Idyl. 6.49.
Polla, wife of the Roman poet Lucan
Venus 2.108.
[Pollio], C. Asinius Pollio (76 BCE–4 CE), a friend and patron of the young Vergil
Idyl. 13.4.
Polycletaeus, a, um, of the sculptor Polyclitus of Argos (second half of the fifth century BCE)
ars Idyl. 16.50.
Polyhymnia, Polymneia, or Polymnia, the Muse of sacred song
Val. 3, tit. ante 13; 4.13; Venus 1 R.140; 2, tit. ante 282. See also Musa.
Polyphemus, a pastoral name (“abounding in songs”) for Eobanus Hessus
Idyl. 12, arg. 2; 12, tit.; 12, passim as speaker; 12.5, 27, 58, 109, 130. See also Hessus.
Pregellus, Ioannes, a pupil of Eobanus Hessus in Nuremberg
Hypocr., lim., tit.
Procris, wife of the Attic hero Cephalus
credula Venus 1.205.
Prodicus, the physician Prodicus of Selymbria, a pupil of Hippocrates, who specialized in the art of massage
Val. 3, tit. ante 65; [3.65–68].
Propertius, the Roman poet (ca. 47–ca. 15 BCE)
[Venus 1.167]; doctus Venus 1.168.
[Proserpina], wife of Pluto, queen of the underworld
Venus 1.102.
Prusiacus, a, um, of Prusa in Bythinia
senex (Asclepiades) Val. 2.80. See also Asclepiades.
Ptolemaeus, Ptolemy II Philadelphus (r. 285–246 BCE), patron of Theocritus
ipse Idyl. 13.27.
—, a son of Antiochus I Soter
Val. 2.297, 297m.
Punica [mala], pomegranates
Val. 1.433, 433m.
Pyrenaeus, a, um, of the Pyrenees
iugum Venus 3.36.
Pyrithous, Jupiter’s son Pirithous, who tried to kidnap Proserpina from the underworld
Venus 1.103.
Pythagoras, Greek philosoper (ca. 580–500 BCE)
Val. 2.249, 249m, [251–252].
Pythius, Apollo
praedives Venus 2.172. See also Apollo.
Quintus, Q. Curtius Rufus (first century CE?), Roman historian, author of a history of Alexander the Great
Eleg. 1.118.
Raphael, the archangel
Val. 2.271m, [271–272].
Regnesus, the Regnitz River that flows through Joachim Camerarius’s hometown of Bamberg
Venus 1 R.38.
Renus. See Rhenus.
Retrogradus, the Crab (Cancer), a sign of the zodiac
Val. 1.66.
Rhenanus, a, um, Rhenish
Nisus (Elector Palatine Philip the Upright) Idyl. 6.47.
Rhenus or Renus, the Rhine
Idyl. 6.41; 11.14; 13.11; occiduus Venus 3.31; tuus Idyl. 13.48.
Rhesus, Thracian king, killed by Diomedes and Ulysses, son of the Muse Euterpe
Odrysius Venus 1 R.126.
Rhodanus, the Rhone River
magnus Venus 3.33.
Rhomanus. See Romanus.
Richardus Sbrulius. See Sbrulius.
Roma, the city of Rome
Val. 2.302; Venus 1.112; Idyl. 13.98; florens Idyl. 16.74; magna Idyl. 14.73; prodiga Val. 2.304.
Romani, the Romans
Val. 2.256; [Venus 1.109–134]. See also Ausonides.
Romanus or Rhomanus, a, um, Roman
Cato Val. 2.347; eloquium Venus 1.141; orbis Venus 3.23; os Val. 3.102; res Venus 1.125; [munera linguae] Eleg. 1.57; nomi-na Venus 1.109; palatia Idyl., 1.ded. 47; 2.ded. 45. See also Ausonius; Romulus.
[Romulus], legendary founder and first king of Rome
Venus 1.117–121.
Romulus, a, um, Roman
carmina Idyl. 3.38. See also Romanus.
Rotingus, Micalus, Michael Roting of Sulzfeld (1494–1588), teacher of dialectic and rhetoric at the evangelical academy in Nuremberg
Eleg. 1.[87], 95–96.
Rubianus, Crotus. See Crotus Rubianus.
Rufus. See Mutianus Rufus.
Sabinae, the Sabine women abducted as wives by the men of Rome
raptae Venus 1.118.
Sagitta. See Tensa sagitta.
Salas, the Saale River, a tributary of the Elbe
Idyl. 17.231.
Saxonia, Saxony
Idyl. 8, arg. 1.
Sanson, the Jewish hero Samson, who was betrayed by his lover Delilah
Venus 1.192, [193–194].
Sapientia, Wisdom (personified)
princeps Idyl. 17.118.
Sappho, Greek poetess of Mytilene on Lesbos (ca. 600 BCE), lover of Phaon
Venus 1.209.
Sarmata, a Sarmatian, Pole
horrens nive Val. 1.603. See also Sauromatae.
Sarmaticus, a, um, Polish
orae Val. 2.329.
Saturnigena, Jupiter, the son of Saturn
Venus 1 R.55. See also Iupiter.
[Saturnus], the planet Saturn
Val. 1.80.
Sauromatae, the Sarmatians in eastern Europe
Idyl. 1.147.
—, the Poles
Val. 1.328. See also Sarmata.
Saxonia, Saxony
Idyl. 8, arg. 1; 12, arg. 2.
Saxonis, idos, Saxon
ora Val. 1.608; Idyl. 13.59.
Sbrulius, Richardus, the humanist poet Riccardo Sbruglio of Cividale di Friuli (ca. 1480–after 1525)
Idyl. 11, arg. 1, [2]. See also Philondas.
[Schöner, Johann], Johann Schöner of Karlstadt (1477–1547), from 1526 teacher of geography, geometry, and astronomy at the evangelical academy in Nuremberg
Eleg. 1.109–112.
[Schreyber, Heinrich]. See Grammataeus.
Scythicus, a, um, Scythian
Phasis Val. 1.364; Tanais Idyl. 11.15.
[Seleucus I Nicator], father of Antiochos I Soter
Val. 3.47.
Serenus, Quintus, Q. Serenus Sammonicus, author of a medical poem (d. 212 CE)
Val. 3, tit. ante 105; [3.105–108].
Sicanius, a, um, Sicilian
vates (Theocritus) Venus 1 R.10; Idyl., 1.ded. 80; 2.ded. 78.
Sicelis, idis, Sicilian
arundo Idyl., 1.ded. 52; 2.ded. 50.
Siculus, a, um, Sicilian, in Sicily
Hybla Idyl. 8.27; pastor (Theocritus) Idyl. 13.26; poeta (Theocritus) Idyl. (B), lim. 1; profundum Val. 1.579.
Sileni, woodland deities
Venus 1.65.
Sion, Mount Zion in Jerusalem
Hypocr. B 2.12.
Sirenes, the Sirens, who lured sailors to their death with their enchanting voices
Val. 2.315; 4.10.
Sirius, the greater dog star
flammivomus Idyl. 9.60.
[Socrates], the Greek philosopher (ca. 470–399 BCE)
Venus 1.177–178.
Socraticus, a, um, Socratic
examen Idyl. 8.16.
Sol, the sun god
Venus 1.91. See also Phoebus.
Solomon, King Solomon (ca. 965–926 BCE), son of David
Venus 1.191.
Spalatinus, Georgius, the German humanist and reformer Georg Spalatin (1484–1545)
Idyl. 2, arg. 1, 3. See also Philetas.
Spiritus, the Holy Spirit
Idyl. 4.87; ille Hypocr. B 4.83. See also Deus.
Stella, the bridegroom of Violentilla, for whom Statius wrote an epithalamium
Venus 2.105.
Stratonice, wife of Seleucus I Nicator, stepmother and later wife of Antiochus I Soter
Val. 3.45.
Sturtiades, the Sturtz family, to which Georg Sturtz belonged
Val. 1.17, 657.
Sturtiades, Georgius, the physician Georg Sturtz of Annaberg (1490–1548), Eobanus’s teacher and patron in Erfurt
Val. (A), t.p.; Val., 1.ded., tit.; 1.ded. 2, [passim]; 2.ded. tit.; [2.ded., passim]; Val. 1.17, [18–23], 657, [659–660]; 3, tit.; app. 2, tit.; [app. 2, passim]; app. 4, tit.; app. 4.5; Idyl. 15.1; charissimus Val., app. 2.5; clarissimus Idyl. 15, tit.; humanissimus Val., 1.ded. 9; app. 2.1; meus Val., 2.ded. 7; optimus Val., 2.ded. 1.
Stygius, a, um, of the Styx River in the underworld, Stygian
Dis Venus 1.47; tyrannus (Dis) Venus 1.38; nymphae Venus 1 R.60; paludes Val. 2.109; umbrae Idyl. 13.52.
Suedi, the Swedes
littorei Val. 1.605.
Suedicus, a, um, Swedish
casei Val. 1.605m.
Superbia, Pride (personified)
Hypocr. 67.
[Syggingen, Franciscus de], the German knight and robber baron Franz von Sickingen (1481–1523)
Idyl. 13.48–52.
Syracusius, a, um, of Syracuse on the island of Sicily
pastor (Theocritus) Idyl., 1.ded. 49; 2.ded. 47; senex (Archimedes) Eleg. 1.110.
Syrinx, a nymph beloved of Pan, turned into reed
dilecta Idyl. 10.31; sua Idyl. 10.88.
Tagus, a goldbearing river in Spain (now Tajo)
Val. 2.306; dives Venus 2.175.
Tanais, the Don River
nivalis Idyl. 1.147; Scythicus Idyl. 11.15.
Tarpaeus, a, um, Capitoline
Iovis Val. 1.591.
Tartara, Tartarus, hell
infima Idyl. 14.104.
Tartareus, a, um, of Tartarus, infernal
numen Idyl. 12.38; venena Idyl. 5.120.
Tartarus, a Tatar (Tartar), a member of a Turkic people in eastern Europe
impexus Val. 1.325.
Tartessiacus, a, um, Spanish
Iberus Venus 3.19.
Tempe, the lovely Vale of Tempe in Thessaly
Peneia Eleg. 1.33; Thessala Idyl. 16.132.
Tensa sagitta, Sagittarius, a sign of the zodiac
Val. 1.60.
Terpsichore, the Muse of choral dancing, mother of the Sirens
Val. 4, tit. ante 9; 4.9, [10]; Venus 2, tit. ante 242. See also Musa.
Tethys, wife of Oceanus; hence, the ocean
Idyl. 17.232.
Teuton, Germany
Idyl. 16.22. See also Germania.
Teutonici, the Germans
Eleg. 1.68. See also Germani.
Teutonicus, a, um, German, of Germany
orbis Idyl. (B), lim. 5; orae Idyl. 3.38. See also Germanus.
Teutonis, idos, German, of Germany
regio Idyl. 13.57. See also Germanus.
Teutonus, a, um, German, of Germany
pascua Idyl. 8.2; regna Idyl. 16.66. See also Germanus.
Thalia or Thaleia, the Muse of comedy
Val. 4, tit. ante 5; 4.[5], 6; Venus 1 R.140; 2, tit. ante 168. See also Musa.
—, a Muse
florens Idyl., 2.ded. 21; nostra Hypocr. 10. See also Musa.
Thamyras, legendary Thracian singer
Venus 1.152.
Thebae, Thebes, the capital of Boeotia
Idyl. 13.96.
Theocritus, Greek bucolic poet of Syracuse (ca. 300–260 BCE)
Val., 2.ded. 4; [Venus 1 R.10; Idyl. (B), lim. 1]; Idyl., [1.ded. 49, 80]; 2.ded. [47], 47m, 77m, [78]; Idyl. 6, arg. 1; [13.26]; 15, tit.; totus Idyl. 1, arg. 3.
Theophrastus, Greek philosopher and natural scientist (ca. 371–ca. 287 BCE)
Val. 2.255, 255m.
Therentianus, a, um, of the Roman comic poet Terence (ca. 195–159 BCE)
illud Val., 1.ded. 4.
Theseus, legendary king of Athens who slew the Minotaur, husband of Ariadne and later of Phaedra
Venus 1.100.
Thespiades puellae, the Muses
Venus 1 R.79. See also Musa.
Thessalus, Thessalus of Cos, a son of Hippocrates (late fifth century BCE)
Val. 3, tit. ante 81; [3.81–84].
Thessalus, a, um, Thessalian, in Thessaly
Tempe Idyl. 16.131.
Thisbe. See Thysbe.
Thobias, Tobit, the pious father of Tobias, cured of blindness by the Archangel Raphael
[Val. 2.271]
—, Tobias, the son of Tobit; his wedding feast lasted two weeks
iunior Venus 2.122.
Thrasybulus, a pastoral name for Konrad Mutianus Rufus
Idyl. 2.94m, 95; 4, arg. 3; 4, tit.; 4, passim as speaker; 4.8, 10, 36, 59. See also Mutianus.
Threycius, a, um, Thracian, in Thrace
Hemus Venus 2.103.
Thuringia, region in central Germany
Idyl. 1.31, 81, [62–128]; 2, arg. 4; 4, arg. 4; 5, arg. 4; 5, 90m; 8, arg. 1; 12.53m; [17.2].
Thuringus, a, um, Thuringian
ager Idyl. 17.2; arva Idyl. 13.67.
Thyrsis, a shepherd
Idyl. 10, tit.; 10, passim as speaker; 10.5, 7, 21, 82.
Thysbe, Pyramus’s lover Thisbe, changed into a mulberry tree
Val. 1.415.
Tiberius. See Tyberius.
Tibullus, the Roman poet Albius Tibullus (ca. 50–19 BCE)
tener Venus 1.166.
[Timotheus], Timothy, the addressee of two letters in the New Testament
Val. 2.269.
Titanius, a, um, Titanian; having to do with the Titans whom Jupiter hurled into the underworld
tela Venus 1 R.88.
Tityrus, Vergil as a pastoral poet
Idyl. (B), lim. 2; Idyl. 1.100; 8.12; 13.25; meus Idyl. 3.31; noster Idyl. 3.25; vester Idyl. 13.4. See also Virgilius Maro.
—, a pastoral name for Petrejus Eberbach
Idyl. 4, arg. 1, 3; 4, tit.; 4, passim as speaker; 4.3, 9, 21, 116. See also Aperbacchus.
Tobias. See Thobias.
Trebelius (Trebellius) Isenacensis, Hermannus, the humanist poet Hermann Trebelius (Surwynt) of Eisenach (ca. 1475–after 1514), formally laureated in late June 1508
Idyl. 5.118m; 12, arg. 2. See also Heliades.
Triton, sea god who blows a conch shell
Idyl. 4.56.
Troia, the city of Troy
[Val. 3.18]; Venus 1.90, 111; Idyl. 13.96; magna Venus 1.88.
Tros, ancestor of Aeneas
Venus 1.95.
Tyberius, the Roman emperor Tiberius (r. 14–37 BCE)
Venus 1.130.
Tybris, the Tiber River
Latius Val. 3.24.
Tydides, Diomedes, king of Argos, who wounded Venus during the siege of Troy
Venus 1 R.126; crudelis in Venerem ipsam Venus 1.88.
Tyndarides, Tyndareus, king of Sparta, restored to life by Aesculapius
Val. 2.79.
Tyndaris, Helen of Troy
formosa Venus 1.204. See also Helena.
Ulma, the city of Ulm
Idyl. 13.62.
[Ulrichus], Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (1487–1550), restored to power by Philip of Hesse in 1534
Idyl. 13.53–57.
Ulysses, Greek hero, whose exploits are recounted in the Iliad and Odyssey
Venus 1.89; erumnosus Idyl. 13.94. See also Ithacus.
Unster or dy Unstrut, the Unstrut River, a tributary of the Saale
Idyl. 12.53, 53m.
Urania or Uranie, the Muse of astronomy
Val. 4, tit. ante 15; 4.15, [16]; Venus 2, tit. ante 262. See also Musa.
—, the heavenly Muse
Hypocr. B 4.1.
Urbs Norica berga. See Noriberga.
Ursa, the constellation Ursa Maior in the northern sky
Parrhasis Val. 1.604.
Valles Ioachimicae. See Ioachimicae valles.
Vallis Georgiana, Georgenthal, a Cistercian abbey south of Gotha
Idyl. 2, arg. 3; [2.5–9]; 5, arg. 4.
Varus, P. Alfenus Varus, consul suffectus in 39 BCE, a friend and patron of the young Vergil
tuus Idyl. 8.12.
Vectius Valens, the Roman physician Vettius Valens, executed in 48 CE; lover of Claudius’s wife Messalina
Val. 3, tit. ante 89; [3.89–92].
[Venetia], Venice
Idyl. 11.146–162.
Venus, goddess of love; hence also, sexual intercourse, passionate love
Val. 1.207, 207m, 214, 218, 454, [475], 484, 494, 496, 514, 524; 2.154; Venus, lim. 4; Venus 1, [passim], 18, 71, 115, 135, 181, 219, 228, 230, 264; Venus 1 R., tit.; 1 R., [passim], 76, 114, 131, 135, 141, 148, 177; 2, dramatis personae; 2, passim as speaker; 2.17, 43, 81, 134, 146, 194, [282], 292, 337; Idyl., 1.ded. 76; 2.ded. 74; Idyl. 3.42, 122; 5.76; 10.16, 21, 60; 11.58; aequa Venus 2.261; aliqua Idyl. 3.48; alma Venus 2.186; Idyl. 7.132; 10.32, 89; ignea Idyl. 7.123; improba Val. 1.215; Idyl. 10.100; ipsa Venus 1.15, 87; 1 R.166; Idyl. 3.99; 10.92; laeta Venus 2.151; magna Idyl. 15.23; multa Val. 1.209; Idyl., 1.ded. 65; 2.ded. 63; rara Val. 1.211; tandem casta Venus 2.157; triumphans Venus, t.p.; Venus 1, tit.; Venus 1, postscr. See also Amathusia; Cypria; Cyprias; Cypris; Cythereia; Cytheris; Ericyna; Paphia.
—, girls as lovely as Venus
formosae Idyl. 1.104; non ullae Idyl. 8.59.
Veraris or dy Vver, the Werra, a tributary of the Weser
Idyl. 5.91m; propinquus Idyl. 5.91.
Verbum, the Word of God
divinum Idyl. 16.124.
Vergilius. See Virgilius.
Vestphalus, a, um, of Westphalia
rura Val. 1.611.
Victoria, Victory (personified)
Idyl. 14.57.
Violantilla, bride of Stella, for whose wedding Statius wrote an epithalamium
Venus 2.105.
Virgilianus, a, um, of Vergil
imitatio Idyl. 1, arg. 2; 4, arg. 3. See also Andinus; Minciades.
Virgilius or Vergilius Maro, the Roman poet Vergil (70–19 BCE)
Val. 3.95; [Eleg. 1.79]; Venus 1.[156–162], 163; Idyl., [1.ded. 47–48; 2.ded. 45–46]; 3, arg. 2; [3.24–35]; 6, arg. 1; [13.102–103]; sacer Venus 1.156. See also Tityrus.
—, poets like Vergil
Idyl. 13.122; 14.74. See also Marones.
Virgo, a sign of the zodiac
candida Val. 1.62.
Virtus, Virtue (personified)
Idyl. 16.18, 35; 17.169; vera Idyl. 12.96.
Visurgis, the Weser River
Idyl. 5.91m; 13.11.
[Vulcanus], the blacksmith god Vulcan, husband of Venus
Venus 1.50. See also Lemnius.
Vvirtemberga, the duchy of Württemberg
Idyl. 13.54.
Xanthus, a river near Troy
inclytus Val. 3.14.
Zephyrus, the warm west wind, harbinger of spring
Idyl. 2.41; 4.50, 80; 5.80. See also Favonius.